Can I connect to the drive remotely in order to pull the files to NAS? Can I record 24x7? Can I tell it to record in 1h intervals to ease NAS backup
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Unfortunately this system does not support backing up video to a NAS Drive. We currently do not have any surveillance systems which support that feature. You can backup video directly to a USB Flash Drive and also you can backup video over the network onto a computer. Thank You,
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It isn't a NAS box; no Ethernet, no file services that I am aware of. It's as esata or USB housing for four drives. Mine is USB connected to a synology NAS box and exposes each of the four drives inside as a separate device to the synology nas head which then makes those available on the network via smb, nfs, etc. am pretty sure this box will work when USB connected to OS X. I have used other devices with the same innards as this one with OS X successfully. This box may also concatenate drives (make four 2 tb drives look like 1 8 tab drive) but I wouldn't recommend using that feature; lose one of the four drives and all your data is lost. It isn't a NAS box; no Ethernet, no file services that I am aware of. It's as esata or USB housing for four drives. Mine is USB connected to a synology NAS box and exposes each of the four drives inside as a separate device to the synology nas head which then makes those available on the network via smb, nfs, etc. am pretty sure this box will work when USB connected to OS X. I have used other devices with the same innards as this one with OS X successfully. This box may also concatenate drives (make four 2 tb drives look like 1 8 tab drive) but I wouldn't recommend using that feature; lose... » Read More It isn't a NAS box; no Ethernet, no file services that I am aware of. It's as esata or USB housing for four drives. Mine is USB connected to a synology NAS box and exposes each of the four drives inside as a separate device to the synology nas head which then makes those available on the network via smb, nfs, etc. am pretty sure this box will work when USB connected to OS X. I have used other devices with the same innards as this one with OS X successfully. This box may also concatenate drives (make four 2 tb drives look like 1 8 tab drive) but I wouldn't recommend using that feature; lose one of the four drives and all your data is lost. « Show Less
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How do you have this hooked up to the unit? If USB, make sure that you don't have an internal drive in the unit. If Ethernet, have you logged on to the NAS? Have you shared the shares? - Does the AIOS have the permissions to see them?
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This unit has it's own OS. It does not run Windows or Unix or Mac. Its basically like its own computer on your network. Assuming your Mac OS computer is on your home network, then you should be able to connect to this NAS unit just by pointing your file browser to \\name-of-unit ... that is assuming that this NAS unit has successfully joined your home network.
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Yes-set up the NAS as raid drives. Mirroring is automatic. If a drive goes bad, you replace it & it will be rebuilt automatically. Note-drives are not independent. They are part of an array.
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Well, I do not know as it seems pretty neatly closed, but there is always the alternative to use an external and/or network accessible drives. That's what I do over a Gigabit network. Good luck.
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yes you can. I am currently running two of the 4 TB NAS drives from Seagate and I left the others empty. The device is scalable in that way however you will need to backup data on your current drive if you later want the added performance or redundancy of adding it to a RAID array.
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My understanding of your question is that you want to connect and external HD to the NAS usb port. I believe it should be possible and then use the one touch button to transfer. I believe the negative maybe speed of transfer
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Not exactly sure about full time 24x7... It can be configured to record based off of motion. From there you can set the motion detection area to everything in the camera view... I found it easier for samba/smb to my NAS drive on the same network. Just be sure to change the storage amount to be configured...Ref. pgs. 61 - 65 in the user manual for different configs etc.... Hope that helps
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I have never opened mine up to look. The thing has a 1T hard drive, that's enough for most purposes. I was concerned about - what happens if I have every important thing on the one drive and then it fails. My solution was to buy a NAS network drive with 2 3T continuous duty rated hard drives. Everything has a mirror image back up copy and it can be accessed from anywhere. It was expensive, about $300, but I have all the storage space I will ever need, and all my stuff is safe. It's not dependent on any one device in any one location. I never tried to put anything more into the ASUS.
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You can fill as few as 2 slots (using one drive as a redundant drive) and leave the rest open for later use. I initially loaded 6 slots with drives and allowed the NAS to test all 6 drives. I them removed 2 drives and keep them as backups. I now have 4 3TB drives installed and running just fine configured as one volume.
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MANUFACTURER RESPONSE: Good question, Alan - thanks for asking! As you mentioned, the My Cloud (and similar NAS devices from other manufacturers - this is not strictly a WD issue) are a bit picky when it comes to using USB 3.0 hubs. Generally USB 2.0 hubs work more reliably in this type of configuration, so we generally suggest going with that option. If the speed of USB 3.0 is a necessity, directly attaching a drive to the NAS will probably be the most reliable solution. If the speed of 3.0 is needed along with having additional ports, it's probably a good idea to contact WD to see if they have a tested/approved list of USB 3.0 hubs that have been tested with this NAS. If you have any other questions or concerns by all means feel free to send us an email at support@plugable.com - thanks!
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No, this is a clone tool for 2 drives not in use or if you have an internal drive that is not primary. If you have 2 drives and don't want to run software to copy them this is the way to do it. Keep in mind its not instant. I copied a 3tb drive and it took 3.5 hours. It can also be used to create a RAID but I wouldn't use it in production.
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I would highly suggest the use of NAS type drives over standard desktop and performance drives. This drive is designed to run 24/7. You sacrifice some performance with NAS and enterprise drives but you gain reliability. My Plex server was attached to desktop external drives and they both failed a little over a year later from the amount of use they get.
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Yes you can. There's multiple options at your disposal, such as Synology Data Replicator.
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Hello David Yes, in my domestic network scenario I use a Mac and my wife use a Windows laptop and network drive map works without problems. The NAS is connected on my Apple Time Capsule 1TB old version and the GUI interface of this NAS is easy to use and the access is via http. About the FTP, I can't comment because I've never used.
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I've had the best luck in any NAS or NAS-type device (home-built PC utilized as a NAS) with the WD-Red drives. Any other 2-4TB drives I've tried have failed within the first 12 months of use. If this is going to be a 7x24 device, then I highly recommend spending the little bit extra for the Red series - they have better vibration isolation for multiple drive installations and always-on access. Drive failures were drastically reduced once I switched over to Red drives - this is across three different NAS devices, different vendors (Thecus, WD, and home-built).